[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-doted-by-the-regent-king":3,"chapter-doted-by-the-regent-king-doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-247":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Doted By The Regent King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1325238,1760,"Chapter 247 - 247 247 Find Out","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-247",247,"\u003Cp>247: Chapter 247: Find Out 247: Chapter 247: Find Out Wufu had been searching for clues outside these past two days, not returning to the inn until nightfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even then, she’d lie down without changing her clothes, looking so tired that she seemed to have lost weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Liu Jin felt heartache but, using her youth and charm, she managed to coax the chefs into good spirits, sneaking a chance to make chicken soup for Wufu, who was so pleased she showered Liu Jin with praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, Wufu turned her search to the suburbs, to a small village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clue she pursued this time was about the last victim of the Flower-Picking Thief to date, the same one she had seen when she left the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman, Chen Rongniang, was unlucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the case records, although Chen Rongniang was only eighteen, she had already been married.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But due to her childlessness, she was divorced and sent back to her parents’ home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had just arranged through a matchmaker to remarry a widower; even the date was nearly set, when she was murdered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The records stated that Chen Rongniang went to take care of her sister’s confinement, and on her way back, she was abducted and killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The location where her body was found was actually less than a quarter of an hour from her home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—I just didn’t expect Sister Rong to pass away like this, it’s just too sad,” Wufu said while wiping away her tears to a sister-in-law living diagonally across from the Chen family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disguised as a young married woman, basket in hand and a face full of sorrow, she said, “I was just thinking of visiting Sister Rong, to talk with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like you know, sister, she had such a hard life…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sister-in-law also wiped away a tear and cursed, “Wasn’t she just terribly unlucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one she first married was a wretch, even boasted about being a scholar, pah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was he picky about everything, but he would also rant over sending a few eggs to her parents’ home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kind of family, in my opinion, it’s better to leave sooner rather than later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he divorced my Sister Rong, not like she committed some unforgivable sin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They said she couldn’t bear children, but she was only married for three years,” Wufu continued to lead the conversation, all of this she had seen in the records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only three years, how many people go five years without having children?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s all nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, the Butcher’s Family boy looked down on Rongniang and used that as an excuse to divorce her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s ridiculous, he said Rongniang was dirty and could not share his bed, for it would disgrace his scholarly reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they rarely shared a bed all year round, how could a child be conceived?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he expect one to spring from rocks?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu hesitated and asked, “Sister-in-law, what do you mean by ‘dirty’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the Butcher’s Family accused Sister Rong of infidelity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sister-in-law snorted loudly, replying, “How could that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rongniang was a good girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that she tended to sweat a lot and had a stronger body odor, which was unpleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frankly, this is not uncommon in farming families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only that Butcher’s Family boy, who studied for a couple of years, and then started calling himself a scholar, using that as an excuse for his propriety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was sleeping with a virgin, he didn’t say such things, did he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu pursed her lips, nearly laughing, yet a spark seemed to have rapidly flashed through her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression changed as she said, “Sister-in-law, are you saying that Sister Rong had a kind of fox-smell?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it really be a coincidence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you also knew her, you should be aware of it,” the sister-in-law nodded and gave Wufu a curious glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just hard to believe,” Wufu replied with a wry smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Wufu made it seem inappropriate to bother the bereaved Chen family any further and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she turned, a strange light and a trace of excitement flickered in Wufu’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had discovered the common thread in this case.\u003C\u002Fp>",712,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.772Z",1,"novelbin.me","ba7b1b767dacf8527a981eb829888d2408689384ee472de670117d265bf3df8c","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-248","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-246",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]